Adjusting device



Jan; 10, 1939. T. KOPPELMAN I 2,143,561

ADJUSTING DEVICE Filed March 14, 1934 INVENTOR ATTORNEY .l. 4,. THEODORE KoPPsLMR/v.

Patented Jan. 10,193a

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5 Claims.

This invention relates to garments. It is particularly directed to a device for adjusting the size of a garment such as trousers, vest or the like.

An object of this invention is to provide an adjusting device of thecharacter described, adapted to lie substantially fiat, and not be bulky or have loose ends, and which shall be provided with a buckle permanently held onto thev garment by two pieces of cloth.

A further object of this invention is to provide an improved, strong and durable adjusting device of the character. described, :which shall beeconomical to manufacture, simple to operate, and yet practical and eflicient to a high degree.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts which will be exemplifled in the construction hereinafter described,

'and of which the scope of application will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawing, in which is shown one of the various possible illustrative embodiments of this invention,

Fig. 1 is an elevational view of a portion of a garment provided with an adjusting device embodying .the invention;

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing the adjusting device taken in; and

' Fig. 4 is a side elevational view of a pair of trousers provided with my new adjusting device. Referring now in detail to the drawing, l0 designates a portion of a garment provided with .-an adjusting device II embodying the invention. For the purpose .of illustration only, the garment i0 is shown as an upper edge portion of a pair of trousers, and is provided with a horizontal seam l2 and vertical seams l3 and H, for example, one of the usual side seams of thetrousers and one of the seams which extends to one of the rear pockets.

My improved adjusting device it comprises a l8, side portions l9 and 20 and a central portion 3 2| parallel to said side portions. The central portion 2| contacts the rear or-inner surface of the strap, whereas the side portions l9 and 20 contact the front surface of said strap. The side portion i9 is preferably provided with teeth 22 on the inner edge thereofinclined rearwardly and. adapted to bite into the strap l5. 5 Attached to one end of the strap l5, as by the seam M, is one end of a looped piece of cloth 25, disposed between said strap and the piece of cloth H5. The meeting ends of said loop may be -In Fig. 2, the adjusting device It is shown en- 15 tirely let out. To take in the device H, the por-- tion of the strap on the side of the buckle adjacent loop 25 is pulled to the right while the buckle is held, whereby the strap is pulled through said buckle. Such relative movement 20 of the buckle on the strap is permitted since the teeth 22 of the buckle point in the same direction as the strap is pulled. Return movement of the strap through the buckle is prevented, however, because of the teeth biting into the strap. 25 Upon pulling the strap to the right, through the buckle ll, the distance between I the seams l3 and I4 shortens, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3, thus taking in the garment.

vTo let out the garment, the strap is manipulated to disengage the same from the teeth 22 and permit movement of said strap through the buckle to the left.

It will now be understood that the strap l5 can be taken in until the buckle contacts the seam I3. 35

The strap I5 is in one piece and since the ends thereof are attached to the garment at the seams I3 and I4, there are no ends presented which would require finishing. The adjusting opera- .to slide the buckle relative to the strap in one direction or the other, depending upon the adjustment desired. The outer ends of the strap I5 need not be perfectly aligned as there are no loose ends to be interengaged. The buckle is 45 held by both the strap l5 and loop 25, thus insuring against loss of the buckle should either said strap or loop tear.

When the adjusting device is not in use, the strap I5 lies flat and there are no loose hanging 5o ends. Furthermore, overlapping strap portions are eliminated with my improved construction, preventing bulkiness.

Although the drawing illustrates a portion of a pair of trousers. it will be understood that my 55 improved construction may be incorporated into any garment which encircles part of v a body, such as a waist, vest, glove, boot or the like garment. 'I'headjusting device may be provided at both sides of the trousers.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which the several objects of this invention are achieved, and which is well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention, and as various changes might be made in the embodiment set forth, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawing, is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense. Y c

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a garment having spaced/seams which secure portions of the garment together, a strap permanently attached at both ends thereof by said seams to spaced portions of said garment, a single buckle slidable on said strap, said buckle having two spaced sidebars overlying said strap and a central bar underlying said strap, and a strip of material underlying said strap and shorter than the latter having one end connected to said central bar and its other end permanently attached by one of said seams to the garment attached by one of said seams to the garment adjacent one end of said strap, the sidebar of said buckle which is more remote from the point of attachment of said strip to the garment than the other sidebar having teeth directed toward said central bar and adapted to engage said strap to prevent unintentional movement of the buckle toward said point of attachment. 3. In a pair of trousers having the usual side seam extending down the leg portion and the usual seam extending to a rear pocket, a strap having botliends thereof attached to the trousers by said seams, a buckle slidable on said strap, said buckle having two spaced side bars overlying said strap and a central side bar underlying said strap, and a strip of material underlying said strap and shorter than the latter connected to the central bar of said buckle and permanently attached to the trousers of one of said seams.

4. In a pair of trousers having the usual side seams extending down the leg portion and the usual seam extending to a rear pocket, a strap having both ends thereof attached tothe trousers by said seams, a buckle slidable on said strap, said buckle having two spaced side bars overlying said strap and a central side bar underlying said strap, and a strip of material underlying said strap and shorter than the latter looped around the central bar of said buckle and stitched to the trousers by one of said scams.

5. As a new article of manufacture, in combination, a garment having a seam, stitching uniting the portions of the garment at the said seam, a take-up strap appliance carried by said' garment, and comprising an outer strip one end of which is attached to the garment by the stitching at the seam and the other end of which is attached also to the garment, a buckle having a cross bar intermediate its ends and openings at opposite sides of the cross bar through which said outer strip is threaded so as to lie at one side of the cross bar; and an anchor member for said buckle comprising an inner strip folded to form an approximately U-shaped loop and having its ends united to the garment by the stitching at the said seam, the intermediate portion of said anchoring means or member passing around and receiving the cross bar of the buckle, and one of the end bars of the buckle adjacent to said cross bar being formed with engaging parts to engage the said outer strip of the takeup strap.

THEODORE KOPPELMAN. 

